In a new study, researchers found that the inflammation behind painful episodes in sickle cell disease are correlated with ...

Sickle cell conditions are genetic blood disorders that affect haemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body. While both sickle cell trait and sickle ...

While any blood donor is welcome and prized, more Black donors are particularly needed, especially for recipients with sickle ...

Because of natural selection, different alleles are more likely ... found that nearly all were homozygous for the wild type of sickle cell allele. The few sickle cell carriers among them had ...

Costs could be different based on: treatment types your overall health the costs ... cancers and other blood conditions, such as sickle cell disease. Like many other cancer treatments, stem ...

The disease is diagnosed through a sickle cell test called haemoglobin (HB) electrophoresis which measures different types of haemoglobins in red blood cells. Sickle cell is managed with ...

which would preserve the type of hemoglobin present at birth, is critical for saving more lives," says Wonkam. Other cures for sickle cell disease include stem cell or bone marrow transplants ...

But in December, Beauzile, 21, became the first person in New York State to be made symptom-free of sickle cell disease after undergoing Lyfgenia, a new type of gene therapy that uses stem cell ...

This type of approach ... for patients with sickle cell disease has taught us that health care requires compassion, expertise and advocacy. Every patient’s journey is different, and by listening ...